The Stoddart Family Crest

The Gore Roll of Arms gives us, as identical, the coat of arms of simon Stoddard, Esquire, of Boston, Mass. (1712), and that of Daniel Stoddart, a naval officer of the same port (1723). The crest only differs. In 1639, Anthony Stoddard was admitted to citizenship in Boston, and occupied soon a prominent situation in the community, as did his descendants after him. The emigrant and his family made constant use of the arms we give, and which were recognized in the London Visitation, of 1568, to George Stoddart, Gentleman, of that city. We have seen the book-plate of John F. Stoddart, bearing the same devices—the crest A and the motto B.

Family

Stoddart

Motto

Refulgent in tenebris.They glitter in the dark.Festina lente.Use despatch, but cautiously.

Blazon

A Demi-Unicorn, Ermine, Issuing From A Ducal Coronet, Or.

Source

America Hereldica